Environmental health organization EcoWaste Coalition has proposed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases a ban on the use of firecrackers and fireworks to welcome a pollution-free 2021.
“We further call on the Task Force to call for a ban on the use of taxpayers’ money for the procurement of firecrackers, fireworks, and similar explosives, which should be judiciously used to improve the people’s living conditions so affected by the pandemic and the flurry of typhoons that have ravaged parts of the country,” she said.
EcoWaste noted that banning firecrackers and fireworks amid the COVID-19 pandemic is highly justified considering that lighting firecrackers and fireworks emits loads of toxic gases and pollutants to the environment causing poor air quality in a short period of time, which can weaken the immune system’s function and put a person at a higher risk of respiratory infections, including COVID-19.
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